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v- Patented May 31, 1887.

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vUNITED STATES VPATENT OFFICE.,

CHRISTIAN o. soHwANER, or WINTERSEI, IowA.

HAM E-Tuc ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 364,048, dated May 31,1887.

Applcation'iled MaylO, 1886. Serial No. $01,615. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN C. SOHWANER,

of Winterset, county of Madison, State of Iowa, have invented ordiscovered anew and -useful Improvement in I-Iame-Tug Sections;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, concise, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying aharness-section provided with my improved joint and removablestrap-retaining bridge or loop, also forming one of the features ofInyimprovement.

Ihe said harness-joint is provided with end bars, c a, which may beeither curved or straight, as respectively represented in Fi'gs. 1and'2, and these said end bars are integrally connected at their ends bymeans of cross One of the said cross-bars b is centrally provided withan outwardly-extending lng, c, which is provided with a rivet-hole, d.

In use the straps A B are lapped around the cross-bars b b, asrepresented in Fig. 4,

the lugs c lying between the upper and lower horizontal portions of thestrap B. A rivet, e, passing through the opening d in the lug c, andthrough the upper and lower folds ofthe strap B, rigidly secures thejoint in position and prevents its pivotal movement on the inv sition toreceive and retain the tongue D.

ner cross-bar b, and likewise opposes any tendency to shifttransversely.

In some instances it will be found desirable to employ in connectionwith the joint a strapretaining bridge o`r loop, C. In Fig. 3 the saidstrap-retaining bridge isl represented as' lugs g engaging the underside of the bars a a,

so that the bridge is properly retained in polt will be obvious that thebridge serves both to retain the tongue and coact with the lug c inmaintaining the joint in its proper hori- .zontal position.

Thejoint and bridge devices described are simple and cheap inconstruction, and dccidedly efficient and useful in operation.

I- claimv l. In a haine-tug, ajoint having end bals and cross-bars and alng extending from one of the cross-bars, in 'combination with strapsconnected to the crossbars, and the lug lying.

between the folds of one of the straps, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a haine-tug joint, of a strap-retaining bridgehaving depending sides terminating in lugs, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereuntoset my hand.

CHRISTIAN G. SCHWANER.

Witnesses:

DAVID SIMS, A HOMER THOMPSON.

